Ariarathes I
Ariarathes I (c.405-322/321): ruler of Cappadocia.
Born: c.405
Main deeds:
- c.333: appointed satrap by the last Persian king Darius III Codomannus,
- 331: fights for Darius against Alexander the Great in the battle fo Gaugamela
- After 330: defends Cappadocia against the local Macedonian commander Antigonus the One-Eyed
- 323: death of Alexander
- 322/321: Alexander's successor Perdiccas defeats and captures Ariarathes, and has him executednote
Ariarathes was not succeeded as leader of independent Cappadocia, but his brother Orophernes' son Ariarathes II could restore autonomy after the battle of Ipsus (301) and founded a dynasty.